Bryan Adams: How close have you come to death?

How close have you come to death?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A recurring Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Bryan Adams said elsewhere, not written here

Skydiving: the parachute got tangled around my legs.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 December 2022 source ↗

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Julien Macdonald Welsh fashion designer

When I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for charity. It was horrendous.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 October 2016 source ↗

Susan Calman Scottish comedian

On the back of an angry Icelandic pony when I was filming a show called Spending Dave’s Money with Phil Tufnell.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 November 2018 source ↗

Anita Rani British broadcaster and journalist

Climbing Scafell Pike in the Lake District when I was about 15. The winds were about 85mph, my legs lifted and I nearly flew off. Thankfully somebody grabbed me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 July 2021 source ↗

Rick Astley Singer, songwriter and radio presenter

In the 1990s in New Jersey, being driven to a radio station early one morning. Our driver fell asleep and we were on the other side of a dual carriageway with cars coming at us. We all screamed and banged on the seat, and he woke up and pulled the car back across.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 October 2018 source ↗